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Cedric Rose

Cedric Rose is a librarian at the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati, Ohio. His writing has appeared in The Best Climate Stories anthology, Picturing Black History, Saveur, Rodale's Organic Life, Cincinnati Magazine, Edible Ohio Valley, on Public Radio and the Atlas Obscura podcast, and in other publications.

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Short Fiction
 5 min

Trove

Cedric Rose

Fallen leaves floated around our calves as we tried to catch a big crawdad that had eluded us all summer. With a twig, Kyle tried to coax it out from under a rock while I stood poised to grab the ...  [+]
Winner - Jury Principal 2025
Short Fiction
 4 min

Primavera

Cedric Rose

When G-ma turns 80, she passes care of her garden to Mir, with a warning. Never take money for its fruits before they're ripe. When she was a girl, G-ma's father promised his crop to the bank. Locusts ...  [+]
Finalist - Jury Principal Foundation
Short Fiction
 4 min

The Beating Heart of the World

Cedric Rose

Lola unbungees her violin case from the back of her bike. She removes the lacquered instrument and props her sign in its velvet mouth: MUSIC STUDENT, DONATIONS GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED. Crooking her neck ...  [+]
Winner - Jury Principal 2023